All Comment articles – Page 290
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CommentWhy an adjudicator can't change his mind
An adjudicator decides a dispute but on a second adjudication changes his mind and reverses his earlier decision. Only human, you might think - but totally against the rules
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CommentMy digital life ... Graeme Roberts
The Russell-Cooke construction law consultant on Xmas shopping, why he bottled out of getting a Mac, and the music of William Shatner
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CommentChancellor moves into the fast lane
What caught my eye from the Autumn Statement was the Northern Line extension and Osborne’s support for the Heseltine report
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for BCO NextGen London committee
Carrot jam, golf buggies and forms of tablet covering are among topics discussed over a pint or two
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CommentMy digital life … Amir Ramezani
This Avanti Architects director forgets passwords, likes K-pop and Shazams tunes he doesn’t know
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CommentWrong target
Measures are needed to help the smaller housebuilders rather than those at the top who are recovering well
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CommentHansom: Thinking of a job swap?
Circus and animal filming skills are transferable to the construction industry, it seems, but the same cannot be said of building skills to the arena of competitive sport
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CommentReasonable endeavours: So very obliged
How far does a party need to go to show it has used its best endeavours to do something - not, surely, to the point of ruining itself?
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CommentBritain's lost talent
We need a focused strategy to get young talent into the industry in order to achieve a sustainable resurgence
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CommentCourting trade bodies
The myth of the industry ‘single voice’ is behind us - but now how will smaller contractors get their message across?
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CommentOutlook for construction is bleak
A flurry of trading statements downplaying the gloominess of the market can’t disguise the ominous outlook for the year ahead
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CommentLaughing all the way to the Green Investment Bank
The UK’s Green Investment Bank, launched this week, will invest in green projects that might otherwise have bitten the dust. It should bring some cheer to construction
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CommentMediation is for consenting adults
You can’t bully people into mediation. Both parties must have a genuine desire to settle the dispute. And that’s one of the reasons why, in construction, it has never really taken off
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CommentHigh Speed 2: No consultation
We were presented with plans not choices, and propaganda not neutrality
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CommentThe energy reforms are progress – but now we need action
Without a decision on long-term decarbonisation, the cost of capital will rise and building more plants will be more expensive
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CommentBlacklisting revelations: Spying and ruined lives
Blacklist chief officer serves up bombshells in front of room full of workers
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CommentBuilding on Flickr: The Condominio 'P' scheme in Cagliari, Italy
The Condominio ‘P’ scheme in Cagliari, Italy, designed by C+C04 Studio. Photograph by Simone Utzeri
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CommentCollapsing construction workloads push plant hire prices down to nine-year low
Worsening construction activity and a darkening outlook appear to have pressured many hire firms into once again accepting lower prices
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CommentWonders & blunders with Paul Stallan
Paul Stallan is enlivened by Glasgow’s necropolis, whose 50,000 inhabitants enjoy a fine view of the city. But the same town’s Royal Infirmary leaves him cold